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May 17, 11:57 pm

Dana Schwartz was forced to say goodbye to her father without speaking or showing emotion, so as to not reveal her Jewish identity.
Jacob Bresler searched for his brother for decades after World War II ended, reading countless letters and claims from all over the world. Read more...

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May 17, 9:42 pm

This post was updated May 20 at 11:27 a.m.
Members of Students for Justice in Palestine held a protest at a Thursday event in which Jewish, Armenian and Kurdish students spoke about the histories of their peoples, claiming it did not acknowledge Palestinians as indigenous to the region. Read more...

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April 24, 10:29 pm

This post was updated April 25 at 2:53 p.m.
The University of California’s largest employee union claimed Tuesday that the University is taking advantage of low-wage workers by increasing their retirement age and healthcare premiums for the rest of the fiscal year. Read more...

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March 6, 2:05 am

National and local elected officials led about 300 people in chants of “Student power,” “This is what democracy looks like,” and “We are light, learners, leaders,” at UCLA’s Northwest Campus Auditorium on Monday evening. Read more...

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February 19, 9:29 pm

Arts and humanities graduates are happy with their jobs despite earning less money, according to a study published earlier this month.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which surveyed graduates from 2015, found that although humanities graduates are slightly more likely to be unemployed and earn less than engineering, social science, business and life science graduates, about 87 percent of all workers with a bachelor’s degree in the humanities were satisfied with their jobs. Read more...

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